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Mountain View-Los Altos Union School District board

17 meetings on our record, 2 of them from the past year and 15 with unconfirmed dates · 4,406 students · 5 members on our roster

Latest · Oct 12, 2026
MVLA board votes 5-0 on gym change order adding 2 fire hydrantsPlay 2:04:11
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Oct 12, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)
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On the board: Thida Cornes, President · Vadim Katz, Vice President · Alex Levich, Clerk · Esmeralda Ortiz, Trustee · Catherine Vonnegut, Trustee

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 2 h 05 minMonday, October 12, 2026MVLA board votes 5-0 on gym change order adding 2 fire hydrantsSpeakers: Vadim Katz, Alex Levich, Esmeralda Ortiz, Catherine Vonnegut
Play 2:04:11
Board meeting · 2 h 33 minMonday, September 14, 2026Mountain View-Los Altos board certifies 2025-26 unaudited actuals on 5-0 voteSpeakers: Vadim Katz, Alex Levich, Esmeralda Ortiz, Catherine Vonnegut
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The board

Who talks on this board

We compare who talks only where members sat for 8 or more meetings on our record; this board has 2 from the past year on our record.

Runs the meetingThida CornesPresident · shown, not ranked2meetings where we identified their voice—no clip yetnamed at 2 meetings
Members · listed by nameVadim KatzVice President7meetings where we identified their voice4clipsnamed at 7 meetings · 4 clipsAlex LevichClerk4meetings where we identified their voice—no clip yetnamed at 4 meetingsEsmeralda OrtizTrustee3meetings where we identified their voice—no clip yetnamed at 3 meetingsCatherine VonnegutTrustee4meetings where we identified their voice—no clip yetnamed at 4 meetings
Meetings on our record
All 17 meetings on our record
Clips

What board members said

Yet we cannot do this without having guardrails and knowing how the rest of the students are doing. And overall, I see a decline in reading and In writing. So just want to encourage you to look at the guardrail metrics to see what's happening overall.Vadim KatzVice President · Mountain View-Los Altos Union School District boardWatch the full meeting from 59:58
What is the process like at the district to receive requests from parents or students from community to offer a course that's already available at another school?Vadim KatzVice President · Mountain View-Los Altos Union School District boardWatch the full meeting from 1:26:23
Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Ceremony and recognition9%5%–15%
Budget and finance6%1%–12%
Public comment0%0%–2%
Safety and discipline0%0%–32%

    The two readers didn’t agree on 11% of the time; it counts toward no topic, so every share above is a floor.

    Not shown: facilities, closures and enrollment, curriculum and instruction, student services and special education, labor and personnel, governance and policy, routine business, other subjects, whose checks haven’t passed

    Public comment

    Of the 17 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 6; 3 had at least one.

    Attendance

    The roll call at 2 of the 17 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

    Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
    MemberOct 12Sep 14
    Thida CornesPresentPresent
    Vadim KatzPresentPresent
    Alex LevichPresentPresent
    Esmeralda OrtizPresentPresent
    Catherine VonnegutPresentPresent

    PresentNot shownNot recorded

    Federal district ID 0626310 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district